English vocab

archetype

an original model or prototype

genre

a category or a grouping

subjective

a feature in writing that includes personal feelings or opinions

objective

a feature that describes writing that factual and has no personal feelings

abolitionist

someone who works toward abolishing slavery

slave narrative

stories written by enslaved people during the mid-1700s through the late 1800s

fugitive slave law

the law which mandated that captured runaways were to be returned

middle passage

the name of the slave route across the Atlantic Ocean